Question about composting  

Well, flushing it would be an option, but I have 5 cats and 7 people. That's a lot of flushing!
Why is putting the poop in the compost such a bad thing? My 3 cats that go outdoors poop in my garden anyways

Help me, my girl....but there is a disease that is carried in cat feces, and it is especially toxic to pregnant women...For the life of me, I can't think of the name of it!

I am with you, under "NO" circumstances would I add any carnivorous feces to my compost...the heat in the compost pile does not get hot enough to destroy the toxins in the "scat." Cheers, my friend!

Toxoplasmosis?

And I don't know if it has anything to do with diseases, but I do know that you're not supposed to put meat/meat products (milk, etc) into the compost, so that would include feces from animals that eat meat.

Again, herbivores only, that eat hay, grasses, vegetables, etc.

I've heard the reason not to put meat and dairy in it was to avoid pests.

Actually, my husband who knows less about compost than I do had a thought... perhaps it's the amonia in the cat urine?

It's not the amonia.

It's because your compost would have to get very hot to kill off any pathogens in the cat poo. In a home composing environment it's possible but by no means guaranteed.

It's not recommended to use waste from animals which possibly eat the same meat products as ourselves (including human waste) in compost which will get used on food prooducts, as it's theoretically possible for the pathogens in contains to be passed back into our food chain.

Either a very long standing period (I think three years is suggested for human waste so I assume it would be the same for animal waste) or a period of intense heat are recommended before putting this type of waste on food producing garden.

In all honesty, I think your chances of passing on any sort of pathogen from cat waste to vegetables via the compost heap are minimal. After all, my cats 'go' in the veg beds and I'm still here to tell the tale. BUT these recommendations are made to protect public health.

Whilst I'm thinking about it, urine is actually a great compost activator. So if you can get hubby to wee on the compost heap you'll be doing it a favour!

I forgot to add, there's been allot of research into using worms to break down human waste. I'm assuming the same techniques could be used to breaking down cat or dog waste.